Getting back into it

I recently moved and I now live right next door to an awesome little forest with a bunch of trails, so that’s where I’ve spent most of my time outdoors so far this year.

But it has certainly gotten much better. I was hired by the company where I did my internship, which was a major confidence boost. I get to mess around with web things during the days, and go on long amazing runs on the weekends.

I’ve started my first training block of this season. There are 65 days separating me from being an ultra runner. Training is going good, I’m trying to make sure that my easy weeks are really easy, but it’s hard not to run fast when it’s so fun!

And then there’s this website. I was working hard on an awesome new design before winter, but then I got busy, then I got the winter blues, and now I’m busy again. So as soon as I have a little more free time I’ll start working on that as well. Really looking forward to being able to share more in depth information about my training and my adventures on my own website.

It’s good to be back running and having fun!

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